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Our People
We have a passion for delivering responsible business practices, driving efficiency gains, and safe guarding the natural and social environment. Our multi-disciplinary team is made up of leading scientific and business professionals.
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Stewart Moore
Chief Executive Officer
Stewart Moore is one of the Asia Pacific's most experienced planning and management consultants. He has over 25 years of experience in a wide range of disciplines from business and strategic planning, policy development, tourism destination management and marketing, sustainability, risk management and corporate and social responsibility.
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Melinda Watt
Vice President - Relationship Management & Chief Scientist
Melinda Watt began her career as an industrial chemist, but since she stepped into the world of EarthCheck she has transitioned from scientist to senior executive of the company and finally to shareholding director. Today she performs all these roles simultaneously, while leading a team of inspiring young professionals.
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Prof. David Simmons
Chair - EarthCheck Research Institute
David Simmons is Emeritus Professor of Tourism at Lincoln University and a global specialist in destination management. From 2008 to 2010 he was Director of Research for the Australian Federal Government’s ‘Sustainable Tourism CRC’, and has contributed to numerous national and local tourism planning exercises in his home New Zealand, and Asia and. He is committed to pushing the frontiers of tourism science and chairs the EarthCheck Research Institute.
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André Russ
Vice President Sales
With 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry in business development and operations, André is responsible for evangelising the EarthCheck brand through luxury niche & multi-brand portfolio operations, hotel developments, destinations and ESG teams. André holds a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Enterprise from Griffith University, a Swiss Hotel Association Advanced Diploma of International Hotel Management and a Diplôme de Culinaire from Le Cordon Bleu Paris.
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Harry Fowles
Chief Finance Officer
Harry has had over 30 years experience in senior roles in a variety of organisations across disciplines such as Accounting, Finance, Business Systems, Logistics, Change Management and General Management. He joined EarthCheck in late 2011. After having worked in various accounting roles following graduation, Harry’s first senior role was as State Accountant for ARC Engineering. In this role, he was instrumental in the introduction of desktop computing at a time when centralised IT infrastructure was the norm. In 1991, Harry joined Century Yuasa Batteries Pty Ltd in the role of Administration Manager responsible for all of the Finance functions associated with the running of the newly formed Industrial Division. During his time in this role, this profitable business grew from an $8 million turnover to nearly $50 million. During his time at Century Yuasa Batteries Pty Ltd, Harry held various positions including Head of the Business System Team, Finance Manager, General Manager, and General Manager Logistics.
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Nigel Russell
General Manager - Consulting
Nigel joined EarthCheck in 2013. Prior to joining the team, he played a leading role in England’s regional tourism sector, with Heart of England Tourist Board and as Head of Tourism with Advantage West Midlands - the regional economic development agency. He has an extensive tourism development track record, working with local, regional and national partners to support the growth of tourism businesses and destinations. Nigel has been a lifelong Glasgow Rangers fan, but since joining EarthCheck and moving to Brisbane, has adopted the state team, the Broncos.
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Laisa Mendonca
Senior Business Analyst
Laisa has over 8 years of experience in the Information Technology industry. She has worked for various industries, such as Mental HealthCare, Automotive and Software Development Services. Laisa held different roles in the IT world, starting as an ERP Consultant managing and implementing projects. As a Business Process Analyst, mapping and improving business processes. At EarthCheck, she is a Senior Business Analyst, helping bridge the various departments to the Software Team. Originally from Brazil, she completed her Bachelor in Information System and a Post-graduation in Business Process Management. Laisa has been in Australia for over six years. She loves dancing samba and playing volleyball.
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Jasmin Petersen
Operations Manager
Jasmin is our Sustainability Officer who graduated from University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Science majoring in animal ecology, biology and sustainability. She is keen to broaden her knowledge in environmental and sustainability issues. Jasmin also loves to travel and experience new destinations.
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Edward Foord
Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader
Edward joined EarthCheck in 2022. Before joining the team, Edward held sustainability roles with State, and several national positions in ASX and NYSE listed corporations. He has project managed and consulted with many international & local clients across multiple sectors, education and regional councils. He has worked with several multi-national and small to medium tourism and destination clients to support their ambition with sustainability, safety and ESG performance. Edward loves kayaking adventures with the family, mountain climbing, events and deep quality time and connection with family and friends.
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Dr. Natasha Montesalvo
Principal Consultant - Destinations, Strategy & Insights
Natasha joined EarthCheck having spent four years leading the policy and research team for the peak body for tourism in Queensland. She has a strong understanding of the political systems that govern and shape the tourism industry and how they can strengthen, or inhibit, industry success. Prior to her time at QTIC, Natasha completed her PhD at Griffith University, Brisbane. Her thesis focused on the relational ties between destination management organisations and tourism and hospitality organisations and the impact they have on destination brand buy-in. Before her post-graduate studies, she gained operational experience in luxury hotel groups in Australia and the UK and spent time working across Europe for a major UK tour operator.
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Cameron Balch
Principal Consultant - Sustainability
Cameron has international experience working in government regulation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and community stakeholder engagement in the Philippines developing Marine Protected Areas. A recent graduate of University of Queensland Business School, earning a Masters of Tourism, Hotel and Event Management, his thesis investigated the methods used to measure sustainable tourism around the world.
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Skye Linton
Project Officer - Destinations, Strategy & Insights
Skye joined EarthCheck at the start of 2022 to assist the Consulting team in a range of day-to-day activities and projects. With 3 years’ experience as a travel agent, and a background in finance, Skye brings a commercial logic to the team. Having recently graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Tourism Management, Skye has a strong working knowledge of key tourism markets and destinations as well as their involvement within the macroenvironment. Skye is experienced in handling Tourism Research Australia data, providing tailored results and insights to numerous EarthCheck projects.
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Michael Eales
Designer in Residence
Design pioneer focused on pushing the traditional boundaries of work. Experienced in venture design and new ways of organising to create, deliver and capture value. Democratising the tools of design, to shape new skills for navigating uncertainty. Supporting people in organisations of all sizes to think better, communicate more effectively and work faster - so their strategy can move as fast as their business. Michael founded the Business Models Inc Australian and New Zealand offices. Business Models Inc is an award winning international strategy and design consultancy from Amsterdam.
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Romina Trossero
Relationship Manager
Originally from Cordoba, in central Argentina, Romina has spent the last four years working and studying in Australia. Her academic qualifications include a Master’s Degree in Business (Applied Finance major) from Queensland University of Technology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from the National University of Cordoba (Argentina). With extensive experience in the hospitality industry and over 10 years’ experience in customer service roles, Romina is excited and committed to supporting her members along their journey to achieve sustainable outcomes.
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Jennifer Peiron Alonso, MBA
Relationship Manager
Jennifer is the Relationship Manager for our members in Australia, New Zealand and French Polynesia, as well as for a number of key worldwide corporate groups. She was born in Barcelona, Spain, and in addition to her native languages, Spanish and Catalan, she is fluent in English and speaks some French and Russian. Jennifer holds a Business Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Barcelona and an MBA (High Distinction) from Kaplan Business School, Brisbane. She has worked in Accounting and Finance departments and also has several years of customer service experience, working always in multilingual and multicultural environments. Jennifer loves travelling, is passionate about nature and the environment, and has the desire to contribute to build a sustainable planet.
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Sajita More
Relationship Manager
Sajita joined the EarthCheck team recently as the Relationship Manager for Taj Hotels Palaces Resorts Safaris - worldwide. She is an Indian- originally from Pune, which is her main reason of excitement to assist a native brand. Having lived in India since childhood, she studied her bachelors in Science- Hospitality Studies from the University of Pune and got the opportunity to intern in Starwood properties like the West End Hotel and the Courtyard by Marriott, Pune. Her passion for the industry brought her to Australia to pursue her Masters in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management from the University of Queensland, where she developed a keen interest in Sustainability and took a step forward to advance her career by working at EarthCheck. She also has a Master’s degree in Human Resources with higher distinction from the University of Pune and has completed a number of certifications which are ISO certified. Her previous experience as a Client Relationship Manager back in India for a travel and immigration consultancy gave her an understanding about the local market with around 2 years in the role dealing with corporate clients from various backgrounds. Her fluency in English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and a couple of other regional languages gives her an ability to cater to multilingual and multicultural clients. She is passionate about dancing and is completing her intermediate level of belly dance. With an immense love for music and food, Sajita loves spending her time connecting with nature and cooking native dishes. At EarthCheck she is exploring the different areas of sustainability and is excited to assist her clients in contributing to destinations and the environment in a personalized manner.
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Karen Yang
Relationship Manager
Originally from Beijing China, Karen came to Australia in 2006. She graduated with a Masters of International Business from the University of South Australia and has had 10 years of customer service experience in the Tourism and Hospitality industry. Karen also ran a food and retail business in South Australia for 3 years. As a passionate food and travel lover, she has explored many destinations in Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Fiji and New Zealand. Karen enjoys spending time with her family and living life. She welcomes building long term relationships with EarthCheck’s members and supporting them achieve sustainable outcomes.
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Bingni Wu
Relationship Manager
Bingni joined EarthCheck in May 2019 as the dedicated Corporate Relationship Manager for Capella Hotels & Resorts, Kerzner International, Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and Wharf Hotels worldwide. A Chinese native from Shanghai (China), she have spent a total of 2 years living and studying in Australia. Bingni completed her Master’s degree in Communication from The University of Queensland and she also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Fudan University, China. With previous academic knowledge in the field of public relations and professional communication, and working experience as Executive Assistant in Sodexo China, Bingni is excited and committed to supporting her members along their journey to help achieve sustainable outcomes.
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Alex Watson
Benchmarking Data Analyst
Growing up in Brisbane with a passion for the environment, Alex is part of EarthCheck’s Benchmarking Team. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Science (Geography) and a Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resource and Environment).
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Eliza Chalmers
Sustainability Officer
An avid hiker and outdoorswoman, Eliza supports our clients as a Sustainability Officer. With a background in both tourism and sustainability, she provides analytical reviews for the Benchmarking team and helps deploy our training and capacity initiatives.
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Zoe Yarwood
Sustainability Officer
Zoe is a Sustainability Officer at EarthCheck, with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management (Honours), majoring in Sustainable Development. As a Sustainability Officer, Zoe supports the Benchmarking and Certification team through data analysis, training development and relationship management. Growing up in Regional NSW, Zoe has had a connection to the environment throughout her life, inspiring her passion in areas such as coastal management and cultural heritage.
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Amelita Molina
Sales Support Specialist
Amelita joined EarthCheck in 2015 as our Sales Support Specialist. With a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems, Amelita has worked with various companies from different industries including insurance, logistics, consumer electronics, and KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) focusing on sales and business development. With 18 years’ experience, Amelita brings a wealth of experience into the role and liaises closely with our sales partners. She loves spending time with her family and exploring beautiful places.
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Rhizza Nunez
Sales Support Specialist
Rhizza joined EarthCheck recently as a Sales Support Specialist working hand in hand with Amelita in Cebu, Philippines. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and has worked for 15 years with a shipping company then a courier company as a Customer Service Coordinator and as a Sales Account Executive respectively. She received an award in 2015 as a Top Sales Contributor in her assigned region as she was a dedicated and hardworking person. Rhizza also serves as a Sunday School teacher at their church and loves baking during her spare time.
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Michael Martin
Software Engineer
With over 10 years’ experience of application development in the internet sphere, Michael is EarthCheck’s Software Engineer. Prior to joining EarthCheck in 2017, he worked in the healthcare and non-for-profit sector in Brisbane and previously at digital media agencies in London for seven years. Michael is passionate about the latest technologies in software development and has a Bachelors in Software Engineering and Data Communications. Originally from South Africa, he is an enthusiastic traveller having explored much of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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Anand Gupta
Software Developer
Anand is Software Developer with 7 years of experience in web and desktop application development. He has worked across the banking and supply chain management domain and has also worked as a freelancer for school software. Anand enjoys playing sports including badminton, volleyball, table tennis etc.
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Mohamad Ifan Maulana
Software Quality Assurance Tester
With over 6 years’ experience of software quality testing, Ifan has worked across many platforms, both mobile and web application. Starting as a game application tester, he progressed to a software application tester. Ifan joined the EarthCheck team in 2021 and enjoys watching movies, reading, and playing games.
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Erica Lobos
México y Latinoamérica
Erica has more than 15 years of experience hospitality industry with operations and business development. As part of the EarthCheck sales team, she is responsible for growing EarthCheck's presence in Latin America while supporting multi-brand portfolio operations and destinations to achieve the results within the program. Born in Argentina, Erica has lived in Mexico for the last 14 years. She pioneered the implementation of sustainable programs in Mexico's luxury hotel developments. Erica has a Bachelors in Tourism & Hotel Management and Sustainable Tourism Studies.
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Andrés Fellenberg Van der Molen
Director Green Partner The Netherlands.
Andrés is an Hotelier with over 23 years of experience in several fields of Hotel Management, Sustainability for Tourism, Auditing and Energy Efficiency. Andrés is active in auditing, consulting and training on all matters of interest to the tourism sector, Lead Accredited Trainer of GSTC in Europe, appointed lead auditor in The Netherlands and Germany for ISO 50001 Energy efficiency and ISO140001 Environmental management for renowned Certification Bodies. He has extensive experience in Project Management with several hotels management companies, real estate investment trust (REIT's) and governmental offices in Europe and Americas. As a strategic partner of EarthCheck, Andrés has supported the growth of EarthCheck in Europe serving as EarthCheck representative for the Benelux and liaison of EarthCheck for the European Commission. Andrés has a unique ability to transform sustainability into a profitable business case, demonstrating with financial results what is possible to achieve implementing effective sustainability and energy efficiency.
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Pau Pitarch De Dalmases
CoFounder & Partner | PAX# Genuine Tourism Advisors (Spain & Central America)
Pau is Co-Founder and Partner of PAX# Genuine Tourism Advisors, a consulting firm based in Barcelona (Spain), specialized in sustainable solutions to improve the tourism competitiveness of destinations, projects and companies internationally. He has more than 15 years of extensive experience in the tourism sector worldwide, actively working as expert consultant specializing in the fields of destinations strategic planning, tourism sustainability and quality standards implementation, feasibility studies for hotel and leisure mixed use projects, tourism markets research, capacity building, community engagement, institutional strengthening, and tourist product creation. Since 2010, as co-founder and partner consultant of PAX # Genuine Tourism Advisors, he has focused on the development of projects to improve the competitiveness of destinations and companies, being strategic planning, sustainability as value creation, and capacity building for the management and governance of tourism projects and destinations, the key axes of the company specialization. PAX# has built a solid expertise in Central America during the last decade, thank to projects developed in Panama, El Salvador, Honduras or Belize. He also actively collaborates with tourism universities as director of Master in Hotel Management at OSTELEA - University of Lleida - Barcelona Campus, and teaching modules on tourism and recreational market structure, hotels industry, quality management and strategic business management.
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Michael Kwee
Managing Director, YKnot Sustainability (Singapore)
YKnot Sustainability, is a sustainability advisory firm providing strategic and implementation expertise to organisations seeking to enhance their sustainability efforts. Prior to setting up YKnot Sustainability, Michael distinguished himself by leading Banyan Tree Holdings’s efforts to formalise and expand its sustainability commitments. This included setting sustainability strategy; evaluating and building systems to empower a global workforce; evangelising sustainability via the creation and delivery of internal training frameworks and external outreach opportunities; building a proactive Risk Management approach to sustainability; and collaborating with internal and external representatives to create innovative solutions and approaches which considered and sought to enhance the social, environmental and economic well-being of all stakeholders.
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Julie Klein
Principal, Confluence Sustainability, LLC. (Americas)
Julie has more than 25 years of experience as a consultant and imbedded practitioner in public, private and non-profit sector organisations focuses on collaborative, enterprise-wide, strategic and efficiency-based sustainability program development. Broad-based experience in stakeholder engagement and marketing communications complement her sustainability expertise. Specialising in travel and tourism, a passionate global traveller and lover of nature, in work and play year-round you will find her outside and on the go. Julie holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver-Colorado, a Bachelor's Degree in Speech Communication and Journalism from Colorado State University along with several professional certifications.
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Phay Ping TAN
Managing Director and Co-founder, Building System & Diagnostics (Singapore & South East Asia)
Phay Ping is the Co-founder and Managing Director of BSD, a leading consulting firm in the field of energy and environmental design, green building certification, performance simulations and energy audits with 5 offices in the region and a track record of more than 300 projects. He is a firm advocate of green buildings and is active in councils and committees such as the Singapore Green Building Council and the BCA Green Mark Advisory Review Committee. He also teaches the topic at the National University of Singapore.
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Sureyya Tasdelen
Managing Director, ASYA control and certifications (Turkey)
Sureyya has more than 16 years of experience in audit and certification services including the sustainability industry. Having worked 6 years actively with sustainable tourism projects she become part of EarthCheck in 2012. Born in Turkey, Sureyya has immigrated to Australia with her family while she was 2 years old and lived there for more than 25 years. With her Turkish and Australian roots she works on growing EarthCheck’s presence in Turkey. Sureyya is graduated from The University of Wollongong with a Bachelor in IT.
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Piet van Zyl
Pioneer, Positive Impact Forever
Positive Impact Forever (PiF) is an organisation committed to improve the positive impact and reduce the negative impact an individual, business, hotel or destination has on the environment in which it operates but also on the environment in general. PiF has a holistic, circular economy approach inspired by nature and believe everything we do has an impact on our environment – be it consumption, waste, staff, community, resources or nature. PiF believes that making a positive impact on the environment is first and foremost a personal commitment, then a business and local commitment. These commitments will lead to a global impact. Piet has a long history of caring for the environment starting when he graduated from an agricultural high school. From there he obtained a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters degree in Construction Project Management. For the last 24 years he has been involved in the hospitality industry, starting as a General Manager for boutiques hotels and later moving back to the technical and sustainability areas of the industry. He has extensive experience in remote location hotels and resorts and has initiated the Zero Waste to Landfill project for Alila Hotels and Resorts in Bali, Indonesia. Positive Impact Forever does sustainability assessments and audits and specialises in Zero Waste programs. Any assessment or project starts by evaluating the “big picture” and then drilling down to the details, always keeping the impact of all actions in mind. In his personal time Piet works hard to practice what he preaches.
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Christophe Carlier
CEO, The H Factory (Mauritius)
Christophe is the CEO of The H Factory, a Mauritian based company specialising in Property, Revenue, Training, Outsourcing and Offshore management for the hospitality and tourism industry. He has close to 20 years of experience in international hotel management with luxury hotels & resorts worldwide. 14 of those years were involved as the General Manager of various Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Resorts properties. Christophe has a Doctorate in Hospitality and Tourism and a Master’s degree in Hospitality Management from Toulouse University.
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A.Kadir Tasdelen
CEO, ASYA Control & Certifications (Turkey)
Kadir is graduated from The Dokuz Eylul University with a Bachelor of Science in Maritime Business and Management. He has 20 years experience in the inspection and certification sector. Sustainability projects make an important part of his track record. He has been actively working on sustainable tourism programs for the last 7 years and began working with EarthCheck in 2012. Kadir, was born and resides in Turkey. He spent his childhood in The Netherlands and speaks various languages fluently.
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Francois Huet
Managing Director & Founder, Big Waves of Inspiration (France)
Big Waves, created by Francois Huet, an eco conscious hotelier, is an international hospitality-consulting firm. Specialised in the tourism and travel industry but not limited to it, using over 30 years international experience in the hospitality industry, keeping in touch with today’s trends and needs and undertaking assignments across the world to assist hospitality professionals and their team develop and realize their most ambitious projects with an imaginative, sustainable and eclectic approach. Big Waves has been an EarthCheck partner since 2012, and is a certified EarthCheck Master Trainer.
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Frank Hubbard
Senior Sustainability Advisor and Auditor (Australia)
Frank Hubbard combines his ecology, engineering skills with over 25 years’ experience in environmental and sustainability management. He has held corporate, government and consulting roles with the hotel, manufacturing, finance, construction, transportation and property management sectors. Frank has worked across Australia, New Zealand and many parts of the Asia Pacific region, India, Italy, and North America. Frank is based in Sydney.
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Sunil Kanal
CTO & Director, Magenta FZCO (Middle East & India)
Sunil Kanal is the Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder and a member of the Board of Directors of Magenta FZCO where his primary focus is development of competitive solution architectures to enable clients and their facilities more energy efficient and sustainable. Sunil is a senior professional, Electronics & Communication Engineer with over 31 years of technical and project management experience gained in a variety of industrial sectors including Hospitality, Education, Sports and Health Care. Before forming Magenta in 2011, Sunil was the Projects Director in a UAE based ICT/ELV Systems Integrator and has successfully undertaken design, implementation, commissioning and handing over significant landmark projects across the Gulf region.
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Arda Moltay
General Manager, Mimta Architects Co. (Turkey)
Mr. Arda Moltay is a graduate of the Industrial Engineering Department of the Istanbul Technical University. Immediately after graduation, he started working with Mimta Architects Co. and continued his post graduate studies in the field of Media & Communications at Istanbul Ticaret University. Throughout his professional career, he worked in the fields of commercial kitchen premises planning and commercial kitchen equipment fabrication; fabrication of stainless steel equipment for hospitals; planning and contract installation of sustainable building technologies such as building integrated photovoltaic systems, LED lighting systems, etc… The sustainable construction branch of Mimta Architects Co., is involved in certification consultancy, certification project management and building energy modeling for real estate projects realized by Turkish contractors on Turkish or foreign soil. Arda is involved actively in the management of the sustainability projects handled by Mimta. He is also involved actively in the board of directors of ÇEDBİK (Turkish Green Building Council) and promotes sustainability in construction through his articles published in various industry publications and voluntary participation in educational programs of universities and NGOs. His NGO experience comes from his involvement in AEGEE, a European level student organization working towards cultural integration. Mimta, also develops & manufactures professional ovens for bakeries under the brand name of Servogas.
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Wendy Santaolaya
Founder, Grupo Santaolaya (Mexico & Latin America)
Wendy is a graduate of Universidad del Caribe with a degree in Sustainable Tourism and Hotel Management specialising in Tourism Planning. She also holds a diploma in Tourism Planning from the Universidad Antonio Nebrija, a Diploma of Finance, a Diploma of Strategic Management of Corporate Social Responsibility and a Diploma of Teaching. She is currently undergoing her Master’s in Business Social Responsibility through the Universidad Anáhuac. Wendy has worked in the tourism industry for many years having led the Sustainable Competitiveness Management and Corporate Social Responsibility issues for Xcaret Experiences over 8 years. In 2015, she created her own sustainability consultancy, Grupo Santaolaya, in which she has collaborated with different companies such as Dolphinaris, Sustentur, Cupaima, Cancún and Puerto Morelos Hotel Association, Friends of Sian Ka'an and the most recent Oasis Hotels & Resorts. In 2016 she prepared the Quintana Roo Sustainability Report for the COP 2016, as well as several Investigations of Sustainable Practices in Cancun and Riviera Maya Tours for Non-Profit International Organizations. Today Wendy is collaborating with the Universidad del Caribe and the Universidad Anáhuac of Cancun, teaching subjects such as Sustainable Tourism, Quality in Tourism Services, Design and Evaluation of Sustainable Projects. She is a frequent speaker at various workshops and congresses on Corporate Social Responsibility and is an EarthCheck Master Trainer for Mexico and Latin America.
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Richard May
CEO and Principal Consultant, ECHOS Consulting (Caribbean)
ECHOS is a full-service energy and sustainability risk management consultancy. Their clients and partners span the globe and their services are developed, supported and delivered to international standards. ECHOS deliver alternative energy solutions for cooling, heating and or electricity supply to commercial and residential interests across the Caribbean through solar and waste-to-energy technologies from project development to commissioning. ECHOS also delivers complete environmental risk management and or EH&S program development activities [primarily] to the food and hospitality industry with their suite of modular and integrated risk solutions platform and audit management services.
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Tienan LI
General Manager, CSCA
Registered Expert of ISO/TC 289 Brand Evaluation, committee Member of China National Standardization Technical Committee of Certification and Accreditation (SAC/TC261), director of the Board for Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO). Professional fields are including policies/programs development and enforcement of energy efficiency in industry sector, energy efficiency in public sector and energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification. I initiate and participate in energy efficiency standard and labeling/certification program regional cooperation and international harmonization. I initiate and participate in China and ISO energy management system standard development and implementation. I initiated the “UNESCAP/UNEP Regional Help Desk on Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asia and the Pacific”, and directly participated in the related study on policy, eco-efficiency and green growth. I also take a lead to manage ELI global high-energy efficiency lighting product certification programme.
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Xiaojian LV
Technical Director, CSCA
Mr. LV has rich experiences in consultation and certification in fields of energy efficiency, emission reduction, environmental protection and sustainable development, such as energy audits, energy and environment management system development, energy savings and carbon emissions M&V, environmental impact assessment, organic product certification, BCI certification, etc. Mr. LV participated in the development, implementation and management of many international cooperation projects, such as MIIT/GEF/UNDP China Energy Efficiency Promotion in Industry Project, Industrial Energy Performance Evaluation Methodologies Development and Promotion in APEC Regions, Mapping Exercise for Energy Efficiency Products: Reducing Trade Barriers for Environmental Goods and Services in APEC Economies, WRI/Citi Bank Foundation Distributed
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Shen ZHENG
Vice-General Manager, CSCA
With rich experiences in consultation and certification in fields of voluntary product certification, China compulsion certification, sustainable development and environment protection, such as traceability system, production and processing systems of certification programs of SAN, FSC, timber legality verification, organic product, QMS external audit, energy conservation and eco-friendly product, etc. I participated in the development, implementation and management of many cooperation projects, such as the management of sustainable standard research project, eco-label program in China, project for energy conservation and green environmental protection, etc.
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Min AN 安敏
Director of International Cooperation Department, CSCA
Min AN, has more than 14 years experiences in the field of Standardization, Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings Measurement (M&V), Sustainable Development and Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). Having worked across a broad range of international initiatives including Sino-German, EU-China and APEC projects, Min is self-motivated and experienced in intercultural communication. She is fluent in Chinese and English both written and spoken.
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Vijay Wadhwa
Hospitality Management Consultant & President, Tourism Plus Foundation (India)
With over 35 years of practical experience in the Hospitality Industry, Vijay has worked across various disciplines including Sales & Marketing; Operations; Acquisitions; Feasibility; and Project Development. He is presently engaged as Project Management Consultant, with a key focus on Greenfield Hotel projects in India. In addition to his work, Vijay supports the TOURISM PLUS FOUNDATION as President. The Foundation supports sustainability in tourism, enriched livelihoods within tourist destinations and development of education & health facilities for underprivileged children.
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Daniel Frey
Founder/CEO, Green Growth
Daniel Frey's experience has taken him all over the world with reputed international hotel chains working on both operational and corporate levels for over 20 years. He studied at the Lausanne Hotel School and furthered his studies at Harvard Business School (AMP159). Shortly completing Business Sustainability Management course with CISL (University of Cambridge, Institute for Sustainability Leadership). A Swiss national with a proven track record in the international hospitality industry on various continents and countries (Switzerland, Ecuador, Kuwait, Mexico, China, Thailand, Argentina, South Africa, Portugal), Daniel has accumulated competencies and knowledge with renowned hotel operators, including Kempinski, Hilton and Peninsula amongst others. As CEO of Inspira Hotel Management, he saw the flagship property in Lisbon - conceived, developed and launched under his mandate - recognized nationally and internationally with Sustainability Development Prizes and Awards over many years for its innovative concepts. Founder/CEO of Green Growth – The Way To Go, Daniel launched this niche consultancy firm in 2011, operating across all areas of the hospitality industry including the supply chain and beyond. Areas covered include project consultancy (contractual issues with architects and suppliers, definition and execution of concepts etc.), conceiving, establishing and implementing sustainability strategies, culture change, stakeholder engagement and communication, certification and audit implementation for hotels, corporations and destinations. Measurement and transparent reporting being a key component for promoting sustainable action, GG designs sustainability scorecards and KPI’s aligned with the SDG’s – UN Sustainability Development Goals - for the various business areas its clients are involved with as well as working with international certification schemes. Green Growth consultants combine hands-on, international experience with training and coaching as an integral part of the service offered.
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Pinpinat Chaiyadej
Founder – Pinpinat Chaiyadej Environmental Engineers
Pinpinat Chaiyadej is based in Thailand and Australia. Pinpinat is an environmental specialist with significant experience in Environmental and Sustainability Management System’s as well as Occupational Health and Safety. Extremely passionate about her work, Pinpinat’s long term goal is to assist Thailand’s tourism and hospitality industry transition to a greener and more sustainable business model. Pinpinat’s recent consulting experience includes audits around South-East Asia relating to EarthCheck, ISO 14001, 14064, 50001 and 26000 as well as OHSAS 18001, Carbon Footprint of Products and wider Organisational based audits.
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Cesar Ulises Trevino
CEO at Bioconstruccion y Energia Alternativa (Mexico)
As a sustainable building pioneer and promoter in Mexico and Latin America, Cesar Ulises has successfully led numerous ‘green building’ initiatives and landmark projects. Holding a BSc Honours in Civil Engineering from Monterrey Tech (Mexico) and a MSc from Newcastle University (UK) he has accumulated vast experience in large public and private real estate projects, both domestically and abroad. Cesar Ulises is the Founding President of Mexico Green Building Council and Former Secretary for World Green Building Council. Now acting CEO at “Bioconstruccion y Energia Alternativa, SA de CV” (BEA) a Mexican leading consultancy firm with +15 years of unparalleled trajectory in Sustainable Built Environment certification. In 2017, BEA achieved the 1st EarthCheck BPDS certification for a touristic facility in the Americas.
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Romain Vivier
Founder - Fenua-Environnement
Romain Vivier created "Fenua-Environnement" in 2008 which delivers environmental counselling services throughout French Polynesia. The main focus of this company is to provide sustainable solutions to development projects through environmental impact assessments. Fenua-Environment is also actively engaged in biodiversity conservation/invasive species management plans/coral reef restoration and educational programs. Romain joined the EarthCheck team in 2011 and has been providing auditing services in this region of the Pacific ever since.
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Rene Leonora
Director, Sustainable Solutions Aruba
Rene Leonora has more than 25 years of experience as a health, safety, environmental and energy auditor and consultant, and has been servicing EarthCheck since 2009. Rene is now based in Aruba, the Caribbean and also has project experience in the Caribbean, Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has a broad experience in amongst others the following industries: tourism, power and water, chemical and transport. Rene has and MSC Degree in Engineering Geology at the Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and an MBA at Keele University (UK).
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Albert Sabater
With more than 10 years of customer service and sales experience, working always in multilingual and multicultural environments, Albert is passionate about environmental preservation and sustainability. Born in Spain, Albert has lived in Australia for the last 5 years and has recently moved back to Barcelona where, as part of the EarthCheck Sales Partner team, is responsible for growing EarthCheck's presence in Europe.
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Dayana Brooke
Founder of The Sustainable Traveller
Dayana is an educator, global advocate, consultant and thought leader for sustainable travel and tourism. With almost two decades in the travel industry under her belt and stamped in her passport, Dayana is passionate about using her extensive knowledge and industry connections to help reboot and unite the industry towards a future of sustainable travel, by generating thoughtful discussions, raising awareness, advocacy and an education platform for travel and tourism providers. In 2017 her commitment to raising awareness of sustainability and animal conservation was formalised when she founded the travel group - The Sustainable Traveller. With a global community that’s becoming increasingly conscious of their impact, it’s a go-to platform for travellers to learn more about sustainable travel and find extraordinary places to stay that benefit the local area and keep the environment safe. Dayana has spent her lifetime living kindly and caring compassionately for our planet and animals. The Sustainable Traveller is her mission to make travel and sustainability the way we experience the world, which will benefit all people, animals, the environment, and planet earth.
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Stephen Farrant
Independent director, strategic advisor and responsible business consultant
Stephen Farrant is an independent director, strategic advisor and responsible business consultant. Through his own sustainability consultancy, he helps organisations from across multiple sectors to re-think and re-purpose their strategy for the 2020s. With some 15 years of experience enabling businesses to work on climate, sustainability and innovation, he started his career in the early 1990s at British Airways. Most recently he was Director of Sustainability and Innovation at Business in the Community (one of the Prince of Wales’ leading charities) where among other things he established the Circular Economy Taskforce, the Purpose Toolkit, the Responsible Business Tracker, and BITC’s work on responsible innovation in the digital age. From 2009-2015, he led the International Tourism Partnership (recently re-branded as the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance), on whose Board he now serves.
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Sarah Watterson
SWConsulting
With over 30 years’ experience in the hospitality, spa and wellness space, consulting, creating and managing spas and wellness retreats for clients including Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Hilton Worldwide, SHA Wellness, Shu Uemura and Resense Spas, Sarah has lived and worked in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Africa, the Middle East and Europe and is now residing in The Isle of Man where, as part of the EarthCheck Sales Partner team she is growing Earth Check’s presence in Europe. As an EarthCheck Master Trainer and member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership network Sarah is looking forward to developing & Implementing a sustainability approach and best practices in existing and new projects.
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Renata Rizzo
Tourism Specialist, Terra Institute
Renata is a passionate, customer-led sustainability and marketing management professional with over 35 years’ experience in the travel industry. Working in senior management roles across diverse fields ranging from Tour Operators to Cruise companies, Spas, Airlines, Airports and Retail, she has developed rich consumer insights and built successful sustainability plans. Born in Italy, she has lived and worked in five continents. Renata is the Tourism Specialist at Terra Institute, a well-established strategic consulting and management training firm, driven by systemic thinking, a search for meaning, innovative processes and digital tools. Terra Institute is based in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK and developing new business units in other countries.
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Jürgen E. Seidel
Energy & Environment Efficiency
For over twenty years, Jürgen has been working as senior engineer, environmentalist and design/technical services executive in the hospitality industry. Supporting projects around the globe from international boutique luxury chains to large scale management companies. He has a passion for creating energy and environmental efficiencies and has worked with the EarthCheck Certified program for over a decade.
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Jacques Vever
Trinity Compliance – Compliance Consultant
Jacques Vever has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and has been working in Ecologically Sustainable Design since 2007. Jacques is passionate about energy, water and waste efficiency as well as soil, water, air and indoor environment quality and has developed a strong focus in compliance through mandatory and voluntary systems such as the National Construction Code, NatHERS, Green Star and of course EarthCheck. As an EarthCheck Sustainable Design Accredited Professional for the Building Planning & Design Standard, Jacques is well placed to enhance the successful achievement of EarthCheck ratings.
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Chew Yong Siow
Engineer - BSD China
Mr Siow has over 20 years of building services consulting experience in broad range of engineering projects including residential, commercial, institutional and industrial projects. He is well versed in planning, design, specification, contract administration & project management of building services including HVAC, Plumbing & Sanitation, Town Gas Supply, Vertical Transportation and Fire Protection systems. He has practiced for over 20 years in Singapore where he is a registered Professional Engineer who is qualified to endorse and submit building services design drawings to authorities having jurisdiction for approval. He has also been practicing in China since 2007 and is presently involved with Hotel, Cultural & Tourism, Office and Retail Mall projects. He has proficiency in English and is fluent in Mandarin Cantonese and Malay.
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Richard Morris
Habita Architects – Project Management
Richard Morris has more than 20 years' experience as an architect in New Zealand, Australia, the E.U. and S.E. Asia. His career includes projects in the hospitality, residential, healthcare and advanced manufacturing sectors, including high performance energy efficient design. Richard believes adaptation to climate change will bring with it a healthy and robust paradigm shift to project design the hospitality sector. The core inspiration of projects will be environmental and social needs specific to the location. Such starting points could be regenerative agriculture or landscape restoration or marine conservation. These sustainable strategies will in turn generate authentic, unforgettable guest experiences. Richard is co-founder of Pounamu, a Myanmar-based bamboo design and construction firm, and works with Edge5, a Perth-based permaculture consultancy.
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Ana Ruiz
Bioconstruccion y Energia Alternativa
Ana Ruiz has a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Universidad Iberoamericana, as well as a Master's degree in Advanced Sustainable Design from the University of Edinburgh with merits. She also has a Diploma in Bioclimatic Architecture from one of the best universities in Mexico, UNAM. <br />Ana has been coordinator of sustainability during structural construction processes, supervising that the constructive processes comply with the supporting guidelines following the plans of Indoor Air Quality.
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Wenjie Chen
Project Manager, BSD China
Wenjie heads up the New Buildings department of Building System & Diagnostics, China (BSD). He is also responsible for overseeing BSD’s projects in China. Wenjie is conversant in sustainability frameworks and best practices dealing with the built environment. He has provided Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) advisory to building developments in both the private and public sectors. His innovative and integrated advice has helped clients reduce their footprints and assisted clients obtain environmental assessment certificates by minimizing their environmental impacts. His knowledge regarding energy efficient and environmentally responsible designs, green building certification, as well as his sound project management skills has won praises from the majority of the project teams that he has worked with.
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Piet van Zyl
Pioneer, Positive Impact Forever
Hospitality sustainability practitioner with 24 years experience in energy, water and waste optimisation, EarthCheck standards audits and in sustainable design certifications. Follows a holistic “Permaculture”, “Blue” or “Circular” economy approach. He is a professional, innovative, future oriented and a strategic thinker and believes that there is always a better way to do things. He is passionate about the environment and inspiring people to have a positive impact on their environment so that together we can transform tomorrow today. Piet specialises in Zero Waste to Landfill projects for hotels and islands.
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Belen Valladares
Architect
Belen Valladares has a degree in Architecture at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and she has more than 20 years experience as an architect in Spain, working in an engineering firm specialized in building projects. The last ten years she’s been dedicated to sustainability in building developments . Her commitment has led her to train as a sustainability advisor in the development of new construction and rehabilitation projects. So she has earned credentials as a certified LEED AP with specialty in New Construction; Breeam Assessor with specialty in New Construction, Homes and in Use and as WELL AP and has participated in several projects that had achieved sustainability certifications in Spain. Her role has been to advise the client and design teams on the best strategies to achieve the established goals, to manage the formal assessment process and apply for the certification of the assessment on behalf of the client . Now she`s also an EarthCheck accredited professional (EDAP) and looking forward to sharing her knowledge and experience with her clients to obtain the EarthCheck Certification, and contribute to design and build projects that reduce their environmental impact while seeing that they are energy efficient as well as improving the health and wellbeing of occupants.
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Mark Thomson
Architect - Director, Eco Effective Solutions
Eco- Architect, Mark Thomson provides design, mentoring, training, auditing and facilitation expertise and has collaborated with EarthCheck since 2004.With 30 years professional experience in the Australian design, development and construction industry, he has built and refurbished multiple hotel projects around Australia. Mark was co-owner in a national hotel chain up until 2005, and is a International Judge for the World Architecture Festival. Mark's passion is for healthy, resilient design and construction for living and working environments. Mark is a Greenstar Accredited Professional, an EarthCheck Design Accredited Professional and past Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology. He is eager to mentor and share his extensive industry experience.
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Michael Kwee
Managing Director, YKnot Sustainability (Singapore)
YKnot Sustainability, is a sustainability advisory firm providing strategic and implementation expertise to organisations seeking to enhance their sustainability efforts. Prior to setting up YKnot Sustainability, Michael distinguished himself by leading Banyan Tree Holdings’s efforts to formalise and expand its sustainability commitments. This included setting sustainability strategy; evaluating and building systems to empower a global workforce; evangelising sustainability via the creation and delivery of internal training frameworks and external outreach opportunities; building a proactive Risk Management approach to sustainability; and collaborating with internal and external representatives to create innovative solutions and approaches which considered and sought to enhance the social, environmental and economic well-being of all stakeholders.
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Lalit Thitipaisal
Environmentally Sustainable Design Manager, Meinhardt
Lalit is an Environmentally Sustainable Design Manager at Meinhardt, located in Thailand. He has over 6 years of working experience on green building and sustainability design, starting after finishing his master’s degree. He completed the B.Eng (Environmental) from Chulalongkorn University, and M.Sc. (joint degree) on Management and Engineering of Energy and Environment from Institut Mines Telecom Atlantique in France and Universidad Politecnica de Madrid in Spain. <br />In addition to his consulting service, he has extensive experience in ESD software tools such as DesignBuilder for Energy Modeling, Daylight Study, and Thermal Comfort Study. Lalit is passionate about environmentally-conscious design and aims to integrate sustainability for buildings to allow small and medium size projects can adopt sustainable design, construction, and operation methods at their own pace.
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Odene Morgan
ECHOS Consulting, Jamacia – EDAP and Commercial and Tourism Risk & Safety Consultant
Odene is a risk and sustainability tourism stalwart. She has worked on several large and small-scale projects across numerous hotel companies in her career in hospitality. Odene possesses significant experience in hotel quality and safety management and has a host of professional certifications to support her ever-growing knowledge base. Odene’s clients are consistently positive in their remarks about her support and the detail in her work which naturally translates into quality output for their staff and operations.
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Kenneth Fong
Regional VP/Group Director
Kenneth is a highly experienced senior engineering executive in a diverse range of enterprises across the Asia Pacific region, the US, the UK and Europe, He has a reputation for devising and implementing innovative, cost effective solutions to complex engineering, technical, sustainability and security issues. He has completed both a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and a Master of Science at the National University of Singapore. Kenneth’s experience encompasses operational, environmental and technical services, including all engineering aspects of new projects and pre-openings under demanding circumstances and challenging operating conditions. He is fluent and proficient in English, Mandarin, Malay, Indonesian, Hokkien and Cantonese.
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Pinpinat Chaiyadej
Founder – Pinpinat Chaiyadej Environmental Engineers
Pinpinat Chaiyadej is based in Thailand and Australia. Pinpinat is an environmental specialist with significant experience in Environmental and Sustainability Management System’s as well as Occupational Health and Safety. Extremely passionate about her work, Pinpinat’s long term goal is to assist Thailand’s tourism and hospitality industry transition to a greener and more sustainable business model. Pinpinat’s recent consulting experience includes audits around South-East Asia relating to EarthCheck, ISO 14001, 14064, 50001 and 26000 as well as OHSAS 18001, Carbon Footprint of Products and wider Organisational based audits.
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Daniel Frey
Founder/CEO, Green Growth
Daniel Frey's experience has taken him all over the world with reputed international hotel chains working on both operational and corporate levels for over 20 years. He studied at the Lausanne Hotel School and furthered his studies at Harvard Business School (AMP159). Shortly completing Business Sustainability Management course with CISL (University of Cambridge, Institute for Sustainability Leadership). A Swiss national with a proven track record in the international hospitality industry on various continents and countries (Switzerland, Ecuador, Kuwait, Mexico, China, Thailand, Argentina, South Africa, Portugal), Daniel has accumulated competencies and knowledge with renowned hotel operators, including Kempinski, Hilton and Peninsula amongst others. As CEO of Inspira Hotel Management, he saw the flagship property in Lisbon - conceived, developed and launched under his mandate - recognized nationally and internationally with Sustainability Development Prizes and Awards over many years for its innovative concepts. Founder/CEO of Green Growth – The Way To Go, Daniel launched this niche consultancy firm in 2011, operating across all areas of the hospitality industry including the supply chain and beyond. Areas covered include project consultancy (contractual issues with architects and suppliers, definition and execution of concepts etc.), conceiving, establishing and implementing sustainability strategies, culture change, stakeholder engagement and communication, certification and audit implementation for hotels, corporations and destinations. Measurement and transparent reporting being a key component for promoting sustainable action, GG designs sustainability scorecards and KPI’s aligned with the SDG’s – UN Sustainability Development Goals - for the various business areas its clients are involved with as well as working with international certification schemes. Green Growth consultants combine hands-on, international experience with training and coaching as an integral part of the service offered.
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Phay Ping TAN
Managing Director and Co-founder, Building System & Diagnostics (Singapore & South East Asia)
Phay Ping is the Co-founder and Managing Director of BSD, a leading consulting firm in the field of energy and environmental design, green building certification, performance simulations and energy audits with 5 offices in the region and a track record of more than 300 projects. He is a firm advocate of green buildings and is active in councils and committees such as the Singapore Green Building Council and the BCA Green Mark Advisory Review Committee. He also teaches the topic at the National University of Singapore.
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Fernanda Munoz Miguel
PAX# Genuine Tourism Advisors - Project Manager Hospitality Projects
With more than fifteen years of experience in interior architectural design and hotel implementation work management, I have specialized in national and international projects. I consider myself a person with technical and management capacities, with organizational skills and adaptability to changing environments, which has led me to develop leadership and organizational skills, with decision-making capacity and high efficiency in problem solving. In addition to my training and experience as an architect and interior designer, I have completed a Master's Degree in Project Management at La Salle-Ramón Llull University, which has expanded my analytical skills and the business vision that buildings construction requires. This is why what differentiates me from other professionals is the ability to face design and / or management projects from a global point of view, with technical capabilities not only for the evaluation of creative requirements and conditioning factors, but also for scope, planning and team management, in a transversal and integrated way.
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Xin Xiong
EDAP and Independent Assessor
Xin has worked as an Environmental Sustainable Design (ESD) Engineer for over 8 years and has evaluated numerous building projects in energy performance, thermal, and visual comforts. Xin has a bachelor’s Degree and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He has specialised in providing valuable advice for projects on the sustainability improvements of their energy-efficient cooling systems. His field of expertise also includes delivering Energy Modelling simulations as well as Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulations to large-scale projects across the South-East Asia region. He is fluent in English and Mandarin and uses his research and work experiences to help drive sustainability within the design and construction of developments of buildings.
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Tuan Tran
Manager, Green Design at Archetype Group
Tuan is an architect with 20 years of experience, possessing multi-disciplinary skills and has a strong background in building energy efficiency and sustainability. Tuan is also a Professor and Teacher of Architecture at the University of Architecture, Ho Chi Minh City (renowned design-related university in Vietnam). He earned his Doctor of Architecture degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Architecture in 2013. Tuan is now the Green Building Manager for Archetype Vietnam and provides consultancy services for sustainable design as well as green building certification for various project types from residential, industry, retail and hospitality in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. In addition to this, he is also LEED AP (BD+C) and EDGE Expert and assists design teams with incorporating sustainable features at different project phases.
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Matt Caines
Project Director – Lucindale Holdings, Australia
Matt is a senior executive within manufacturing, electricity, oil and gas industries with proven results internationally. A professional engineer working with large scale multi-national operations for 30 years in project and property development, mergers and acquisitions, Matt provides a broad range of advisory experience for commercial business developments from conceptualisation through to execution. He has worked on projects across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Matt brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to drive developments to achieve their triple bottom line outcomes.
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Satrio Prakoso
Director, Sustainahaus
Satrio Prakoso has more than seven years of experience as a project management professional in the real estate sector. He has a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology. He founded Sustainahaus, a Jakarta-based green building consultancy firm that helps real estate developers/building owners certify their building portfolios using green building certification in Asia. His role has been advising clients on managing green building certification projects on time and within budget. He recently received his EarthCheck Design Accredited Professional (EDAP) qualification and is committed to utilising his green building specialisation to help tourism and hospitality destinations be resource-efficient and increase the building occupants' health and well-being.
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José María Galicia
Design Consultant
José María Galicia is a graduate of Universidad La Salle as a Mechanical Engineer and has more than eight years of experience working in projects of different typology such as airports, industrial, commercial builds, residential properties and luxury hotels. He primarily supports projects in a consultancy capacity, guiding teams through the EarthCheck Building Planning and Design Standard.
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TongFei Zhang
ESD Consultant, BSD
TongFei has worked in Singapore since 2015 and has more than six years of experience as an Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) Consultant. She has participated in numerous green building certification projects across Singapore, China and Malaysia (including Singapore Green Mark, EarthCheck and Malaysia GreenRE, respectively). With her expertise and knowledge, she has provided valuable feedback and consultation for many projects in terms of energy consumption, green construction, environmental protection and optimisation design. With expert experience in HVAC, TongFei has helped many projects optimise their building design and has assisted Singapore Green Mark projects to obtain Platinum awards. TongFei is familiar with China's local standards, which helps to better understand the applicability of the EarthCheck Design Standards to projects in this region.
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Maresa Munoz
Technical Coordinator, Bioconstruccion y Energía Alternativa
As a civil engineer, María Maresa has experience as a resident on construction sites and in construction information modelling (BIM). She obtained a master's degree in England specialising in sustainability and sustainable design projects. Maresa participated in the National Housing and Sustainable Communities Laboratory and is currently working as Technical Coordinator in Bioconstruccion y Energía Alternativa (BEA) in Mexico City. She has experience as a sustainability consultant in several projects pursuing international sustainable certifications, including airports, offices, hotels, etc.
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Maria Silos
Sustainability Consultant, Bioconstrucción y Energía Alternativa
Maria is a graduate Architect from the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí with over seven years of expertise. She has been working in Mexico City since 2015. In 2020 she received her Master’s Degree in Architecture and Sustainable Design with Distinction from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. As a Sustainability Consultant, Maria recently joined the Bioconstrucción y Energía Alternativa (BEA) team and is excited to share her passion for the built environment.
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Shawn Jang
General Manager, RCI Engineering Inc.
Shawn is a leader in the global sustainability industry. He has dedicated his entire career to sustainable practice. With a career beginning in 1999, Shawn designed systems that reduced pollution from construction activities by controlling soil erosion, waterway sedimentation, and airborne dust. Since then, he has helped facilitate sustainability and wellness measures for thousands of projects worldwide. Shawn regularly conducts numerous sustainability design training and workshops throughout Asia on sustainable building methods and educates professionals on green building practices and strategies. He is also an Assistant Professor in Architecture at Feng Chia University since 2013, teaching high-performance buildings. Shawn is the founding Chairman of the Taiwan Green Building Association and is the current Chairman of the Global Sustainable Healthcare Association.
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Robin Cheung
Assistant Manager, Business Environment Council
Robin is an environmental and sustainability professional with over eight years of consulting experience in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. His core competencies cover environmental impact assessment, marine ecology studies, field monitoring, design reviews, construction compliance, stakeholder liaison and project management. Robin is passionate about helping clients realise a holistic and integrated understanding of sustainability risks, fostering competence at the highest levels for informed decision-making, and communicating corporate climate resilience to stakeholders through sustainability reporting and training. Robin has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Queensland and a Master Degree in Environmental Engineering and Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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Michelle Holland
Director, Interior Design, Belmond
Michelle Holland has a diploma in Interior Architectural Design from the Inchbald School of Design as well as a Masters in International Tourism Policy from the University of North London. <br />With a lifetime interest in the world of travel and hotels, Michelle worked for several years as a Hotel Feasibility Consultant before requalifying in Interior Design. After 15 years working with leading London design agencies on international hotel interior design projects, she more recently joined the Belmond hotel group, working within the Development Team as a Director of Interior Design. From this position, she is well-placed to promote best practice methods in sustainability from the outset of each hotel renovation. With a portfolio of historic buildings, many of which are in protected areas of natural beauty or close to world heritage sites, Belmond has a strong sense of responsibility to protect the surrounding natural resources and runs many initiatives to support local communities. As part of her role, Michelle spends much of her time seeking out and working with local artisans and craftsmen in order to minimise shipping requirements and create a product which is authentic to its location as well as sustainable and supportive of the local economy.
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Heather Pinnock
Founder, LUCEA Caribbean, Green Building Consultant
Heather Pinnock is a Jamaican development professional with formal training in Architecture, Urban Design, Development Planning and Project Management, as well as over 23 years of experience. She is a graduate of the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London and the Caribbean School of Architecture at University of Technology, Jamaica. Heather has worked at home in Jamaica as well as in Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Her experience includes working with the Ministry of Water and Housing, the University of the West Indies, the United Nations Development Programme Multi-country Office in Jamaica, and the environmental non-profit, CARIBSAVE among others. She recently concluded a successful stint leading the Urban Development Corporation, one of the Government of Jamaica’s largest implementation agencies, where she championed the cause of ‘making development happen sustainably’. In November 2021, Heather launched LUCEA Caribbean, a development company with a focus on sustainable development, resilience, and conscious living for tropical regions.
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Robert Arellano
Business Director, BECA Group Thailand
Robert brings over 25 years of experience as a mechanical engineer and 17 years of experience as a design consultant. He graduated from the Mapua University with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 1995. In 2003, he relocated to Thailand and worked as a MEP design consultant, based in both Phuket and Bangkok. He has been leading MEP design teams in delivering projects particularly in hospitality across Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines. Robert joined BECA in 2015 where he has worked as a technical director and a business director. He was motivated to gain his EDAP accreditation so that he can help deliver transformational solutions with his clients, to rise to the challenge of sustainability and make positive impact on this planet.
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Arianna Esparza
Sustainability Associate / EarthCheck Design & LEED AP | Fitwel Ambassador Project & Development Services
Arianna is an architecture graduate from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (TEC). She is heavily involved in the design and construction industry, both in interior design and sustainability. Arianna also has experience working in furniture design. Arianna supports the Cushman & Wakefield Sustainability Services team, where she has led several projects focused on sustainability and wellness. Over the past several years, Arianna has achieved her accreditation as a LEED AP, Fitwel Ambassador as well as having taken part in courses regarding Sustainability and Project Management.
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Juan Pablo Garduño
Sustainability Manager, Cushman & Wakefield
Juan Pablo is an architect with experience in green constructions and in certifications for sustainable buildings such as LEED, Fitwel, EDGE and PCES. As sustainability manager at Cushman & Wakefield, he has participated in several certification projects since 2015 such as Metlife HQ in Mexico, JUMEX Mty, Plaza Scotiabank in México and Centtral Interlomas. Juan is also a professor at Universidad Intercontinental in the School of Architecture in Mexico City, where he teaches the class “Certifications of Sustainable Buildings”.
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